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[47] Next after Thebes is the city Hermonthis, in which both Apollo and Jupiter are worshipped. They also keep an ox there (for worship). Next is the city of Crocodiles, the inhabitants of which worship this animal; then Aphroditopolis (the city of Venus),1 and next to it, Latopolis, where Minerva is worshipped, and the (fish) Latus; next, the city of Eileithyia, and a temple. In the country on the other side of the river is Hieraconpolis (the city of hawks), where a hawk is worshipped; then Apollonopolis, the inhabitants of which are at war with crocodiles.
1 Strabo, I think, is the only author who places Crocodilopolis and Aphroditopolis in this part of Egypt. Letronne.
The Geography of Strabo. Literally translated, with notes, in three volumes. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, APHRODITOPOLIS or Pathyris (El-Gabalein) Egypt.
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, APOLLINOPOLIS MAGNA (Idfu) Egypt.
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, EILEITHYIA later LUCINA (El-Kâb) Egypt.
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, HERMONTHIS (Armant) Egypt.
- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, LATOPOLIS (Isna) Egypt.
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